Thanks Hendrik, I'm going to use bits of it for the brochure. Hendrik Schaink wrote: > Well-written but lengthy article: > > http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html > > Quoting the writer's Conclusions (Item14): > > "OSS/FS has significant market share in many markets, is often the most > reliable software, and in many cases has the best performance. OSS/FS > scales, both in problem size and project size. OSS/FS software often has > far better security, perhaps due to the possibility of worldwide review. > Total cost of ownership for OSS/FS is often far less than proprietary > software, especially as the number of platforms increases. These > statements are not merely opinions; these effects can be shown > quantitatively, using a wide variety of measures. This doesn’t even > consider other issues that are hard to measure, such as freedom from > control by a single source, freedom from licensing management (with its > accompanying risk of audit and litigation), Organizations can transition > to OSS/FS in part or in stages, which for many is a far more practical > transition approach." > > Have a good read. > > Hendrik Schaink > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > >
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